Arabic News Daily Page for 8/16/2002
Daily Edition - Friday, August 16, 2002
- Sarabeet Al-Khadem resurrected; Middle Kingdom temple under King Snosert
Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, Zahi Hawwas said that the temple is 1500 m above sea level, adding that it is highly characterized among Pharaonic temples with its plan and building on the top of the highest mountain tip in the area. He explained that ancient Egyptian kings used to send mining missions to extract turquoise form Sarabeet Al-Khadem Mount, known as the Steps of Turquoise Egypt, Local, 8/16/2002 - Film on Trojan War to be shot in Morocco, Malta, Britain
An epic film on the Trojan war will be shot next spring in Morocco, Malta and Britain by Wolfgang Petersen. Morocco, Local, 8/16/2002 - Ten Algeria gunmen killed, 14 arrested
The Algerian La Tribune said on Thursday that ten armed Islamists were killed on Wednesday by the security forces in Boultas mountain in Seidi Bala'abas area. Algeria, Politics, 8/16/2002 - Le Soire: One Palestinian deportee suffers loneliness in Belgium
The Palestinian Khalil al-Nawara, who is one of the Palestinian resistance men exiled in the framework of the agreement to end the siege on the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, on Tuesday expressed his feeling of loneliness and depression. Palestine, Politics, 8/16/2002 - Smugglers arrested on the Syrian- Lebanese borders
The Lebanese security forces with support of the Syrian forces working in North Lebanon have arrested a gang for smuggling goods through the Lebanese- Syrian borders. Lebanon-Syria, Local, 8/16/2002